questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to improve the accuracy of the information collected on parent finances by the Child Maintenance Service.
answerText: As a principal part of the service design the Department uses data from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and its own benefits data to assess 91% of Paying Parents earned income and benefit status, which are key parts of the maintenance calculation. We also rec...
heading: Children: Maintenance